Quotes by : Jake Wood

We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what....

You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a....

My family says they are proud of me. Of course, I would rather hear this than the contrary, but I cannot....

I do not think the long-range bullets I fire provide the mark of a man; I am only dimly aware that they....

I was not descending in a plane, coming Home. I was watching an alien world as it ascended towards me....

Failure is another emotion I cannot stand to feel, because in adult life I have conditioned myself not....

Much, much later. when I am back home and being treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I....

My mother describes me as 'a real hero . . . just like your grandfather'. But I do not know what to do....

...my ability to trust had been shattered into splinters, its fragmented shards slicing through every....

But as much as this is a soldier's reason d'etre, it is not often that you hear a soldier explicitly....